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Grateful Dead Live at Ventura County Fairgrounds on 1982-07-18

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1982-07-18 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Audience, FOB, Tom Van Sant

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Set 1

New Minglewood Blues
Friend Of The Devil
Mama Tried ->
Mexicali Blues
Loser
Cassidy
Ramble On Rose
Looks Like Rain ->
Deal

Set 2

Samson And Delilah ->
Franklin's Tower
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
Ship Of Fools
Crazy Fingers ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Not Fade Away ->
The Other One ->
Wharf Rat ->
Sugar Magnolia

Encore
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ->
Brokedown Palace

Notes

I obtained this show in the mid-90s when I was living in Santa Barbara, just up the coast from the show site. I traded with a guy somewhere on the central coast - San Luis Obispo, I think - who claimed his copy was right off the AUD master, making mine 2nd gen. He SWORE me never to circulate it, ever, and he was a real prick about it. The thought recently occurred to me that the tape was made by Dan Healy or other band personnel at the board, which would explain both the superior quality and the attempt to restrict circulation, but I have no evidence of that. This is a crisp recording, previously uncirculated and an upgrade to both versions currently available on LMA. A wonderful show featuring one of the very best Losers ever, and the first Crazy Fingers since 76.

Patch info:

Patched with Senn 441 FOB recording by Ohr Weinberg, shnid 17030 via LMA.

Patches include crowd and opening few seconds of Minglewood, first few notes of FOTD, six minutes of drums and :05 of Brokedown Palace, as well as various transitions and tuning breaks.

Location of microphones must have been close to Ohr's mics. Nearly all the same crowd sounds are audible on both.

Addeddate: 2009-08-10 23:47:07

Identifier: gd1982-07-18.fob.unknown.vansant.100203.flac16

Lineage: Master cassette -> metal cassette x 2 -> CD-R (Sony K717ES -> Marantz CDR500) -> Audacity -> FLAC; Pitch adjusted - 1% to match patch source.

Location: Ventura, CA

Run time: 161:12.16

Source: FOB audience recording, taper and equipment unknown - may have been Dan Healy

Transferred by: Tom Van Sant

Type: sound

Venue: Ventura County Fairgrounds

Year: 1982

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Reviewer: 2Tapes - - May 11, 2022
Subject: Ventura

We were at Ventura that weekend and the Loser from 7/18 is still one of my favorite versions I ever saw them play....

Reviewer: wharfrat67 - - March 19, 2015
Subject: Not this Loser

I am not sure what Gans is talking about. I think not only is there nothing wrong with this Loser. It is one of my favorites. Jerry's solo combined with Phil's bass work make for a thundering, haunting version of this tune. In fact I used to listen to this particular version when I was in college in the 80's and I recently spent a few days hunting it down on this site. I remember it particularly for Jerry's solo and Phil's bass bombs. To each his own I guess. Gans at times is a little too impressed with himself for my liking anyway. This particular recording is great for an FOB.

Reviewer: darkstarcrashes_79 - - July 27, 2012
Subject: about the recording or sound

it's ok maybe high 3 or 4 but listening to the Wise/Miller i don't know kinda like it better it's a pretty tight show and i definately don't see anything wrong with the Loser Ventura was a killer place used to love places like that till the scene exploded then to stadiums love those old Cali theatres and such like Greek,Frost,Irvine even had fun on the soccer fields in Chula Vista 85 And Northridge in 90 thanks for re-kindling the spirit Internet Archives

Reviewer: utopian - - January 21, 2010
Subject: Not this loser

very powerful
..........
are you sure it was a ventura show? maybe 85?

this show sounds amazing
get the 5 star fixed version.

Reviewer: timhorpo - - January 21, 2010
Subject: Loser?????

Hi. I originally was interested in this show (I'm not really into the post 74 retirement stuff normally), because I have a copy of the Jerry Garcia episode on some E Channel Biography of him when David Gans said something along the lines of , "I knew something was seriously wrong with the band when at a show in 82 when the band played Loser, and Jerry played a guitar solo that was one big ERROR. And the fact that that happened showed him and the band weren't communicating, and the fact that the crowd went nuts, showed they didnt really know any better"..or something very similar to that.. Now this is the only Loser they played at Ventura this year, could he really be talking about this one, as it seems ok to me.... Any comments???

Reviewer: tom_van_sant - - August 27, 2009
Subject: ograde

New version has been upped:

http://www.archive.org/details/gd1982-07-18.fob.unknown.vansant.fixed-100203.100727.flac16

With a patch in Ramble On Rose.

Glad everybody digs this.

The Healy thing is just a theory.

Reviewer: soundmaster - - August 18, 2009
Subject: nice sound

Nice sound!
Ramble on Rose - has a cut at 5:35 (Ouch!)

Was Healy really making upfront audience tapes???

Reviewer: rango - - August 12, 2009
Subject: Fantastic!!

Man, this is a great recording of a GREAT show. Both shows were outstanding, but this one stands out in my mind as well in my top 10 favorites. Thanks for sharing this!!!

Reviewer: belmon36 - - August 12, 2009
Subject: I mostly avoid Auds

I mostly avoid audience recordings. Each to his own. This is a fantastic recording however. I have just stremed my way through Cassidy and the songs are quite jamming put punctual. Not many missed notes at all. The Loser is fantastic with Phil im his irreverent fashion. Thanks for the Recording

Reviewer: Dr.Unclear - - August 11, 2009
Subject: This sounds really good

Up front sound, nice presence and clarity, bass is even good. Thanks to Tom for deciding to share this one. A terrific pull of a fun show!

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